Abstract
This study deals with orbital transfer of a tethered satellite system (TSS) on orbit. Dynamics of TSS is restricted to the angular momentum conservation law of the system around a planet. This constraint is not integrable (, that is called "nonholonomic constraint"), and the final state of TSS depends on a time history of the input. While previous works for orbital transfer mainly investigated dynamics of the system for specified time profiles of the tether-length, this study aims to make tether extension profiles to achieve some specified orbit. This paper, as a preliminary study, gives a brief overview of the previous works and investigates the fundamental property of the constraint based on the angular momentum conservation. Integrability and accessibility /controllability are analyzed and also numerically verified. For simplicity, TSS is modeled to a dumbbell-type satellite in this study.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | International Astronautical Federation - 55th International Astronautical Congress 2004 |
Pages | 751-756 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Volume | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2004 |
Event | International Astronautical Federation - 55th International Astronautical Congress 2004 - Vancouver, Canada Duration: Oct 4 2004 → Oct 8 2004 |
Other
Other | International Astronautical Federation - 55th International Astronautical Congress 2004 |
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Country/Territory | Canada |
City | Vancouver |
Period | 10/4/04 → 10/8/04 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Aerospace Engineering
- Space and Planetary Science